Meer Khaleeq | |
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Born | Meer Mustahsan 1766 Faizabad, Awadh (present day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Died | 1844 |
Pen name | Khaleeq خلیق |
Genre | Marsiya, Ghazal |
Relatives | Meer Hasan (father), Meer Khulq (brother), Meer Anees (son) |
Meer Mustahsan 'Khaleeq' (1766–1844) (Urdu: میر مستحسن خلیق) was an 18th century Urdu poet.[1] Khaleeq belonged to a family of Urdu poets who specialised in writing elegies or marsiyas. Khaleeq was the son of Meer Hasan, and the father of Meer 'Anees', who is considered to be a virtuoso of the marsiya genre.[2]